In message <20050820144114.GG1531@Xtrmntr.org>, Lubomir Sedlacik writes:
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>On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 10:36:06AM -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>> What is the best software from pkgsrc for burning DVDs?  My primary
>> interest in data storage, i.e., holding 4.7G instead of 750M on a CD.
>> I downloaded dvdrecord; is mkisofs the best way to prepare the data?
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>> Beyond that, can I produce bootable DVDs?  4.7G is a much nicer limit
>> for a NetBSD Live disk...
>>=20
>> If it matters, all of my DVD burners are ATA; I have no SCSI.
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>i use mkisofs (sysutils/cdrecord) to prepare the images and growisofs
>(sysutils/dvd+rw-tools) to burn them.  i have bad experience with
>dvdrecord toasting my media for no apparent reason.
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>my dvd+rw drive is attached via USB 2.0.
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Tnx.  I should have mentioned that I'm primarily interested in
DVD-R, though I see that that package will sometimes handle such.


		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb